Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 741-744 , September 2008

Combined thenar and hypothenar hammer syndromes: Case report and review of the literature

Presented at the Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Naples, Fla, Jan 16-19, 2008.

Received 31 January 2008 ,Accepted 30 March 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00505-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.055

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 741-744 , September 2008

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